| adherent |
one who supports or follows a person, party, principle, or the like (usually followed by "of"). |
| attrition |
a gradual erosion of strength or morale. |
| caricature |
a depiction, in a drawing or verbal description, that deliberately exaggerates or distorts some features of the person or thing represented to produce a comic or grotesque appearance. |
| contortion |
a straining or twisting by the intellect; mental gymnastics. |
| juncture |
a particular point in time, especially a point of serious importance or crisis. |
| mercurial |
volatile in temper; changeable; fickle. |
| populist |
a person, especially a political leader, who represents, or claims to represent, the interests and concerns of the common people rather than the privileged, the politically powerful, or the intelligentsia. |
| repudiate |
to reject completely as invalid or untrue. |
| rhapsody |
a musical composition having an irregular form suggesting improvisation. |
| scanty |
barely adequate; meager. |
| stricture |
that which restricts or constrains. |
| tenuous |
having little substance, support, or significance; flimsy; weak. |
| testy |
easily annoyed or angered; irritable; touchy. |
| uncritical |
not making critical judgments or discriminations, especially those based on standards. |
| wanton |
lacking restraint in the pursuit of sexual pleasure. |